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4 Way Play

Type: Multiplayer adapter

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-09^[1]	$29.9529.95^[1]	729301
EU	199x		E4PLAYXBA
UK	199x	£19.9919.99^[2]

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4 Way Play is an accessory created by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive. It allows for up to four players to play together in certain games. Largely, mostly games designed by EA itself supported it. When first released, Sega's official Team Player multi-player adaptor was not compatible with 4 Way Play games. Later releases fixed this incompatibility issue.

The device itself plugs directly into the system and has no wires sticking out and attaches to the front of the system like an extension. To attach like this it plugs into both controller ports. Due to the way it is plugged into the system it is incompatible with devices such as the Sega Multi-Mega and X'eye.

Compatibility

Mega Drive

Australian Rugby League (1995)
Bill Walsh College Football (1993)
Bill Walsh College Football '95 (1994)
Coach K College Basketball (1995)
College Football USA 96 (1995)
College Football USA 97 (1996)
Elitserien 95 (1994)
Elitserien 96 (1995)
FIFA 97: Gold Edition (1996)
FIFA International Soccer (1993)
FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (1997)
FIFA Soccer 95 (No results?)
Gauntlet IV (1993)
General Chaos (1993)
IMG International Tour Tennis (1994)
Madden NFL '94 (1993)
Madden NFL '95 (1994)
Madden NFL 96 (1995)
Madden NFL 97 (1996)
Madden NFL 98 (1997)
Mega Bomberman (1994)
MLBPA Baseball (1994)
Mutant League Hockey (1994)
NBA Live 95 (No results?)
NBA Live 96 (1995)
NBA Live 97 (1996)
NBA Showdown '94 (1994)
NHL 95 (1994)
NHL 96 (1995)
NHL 97 (1996)
NHL 98 (1997)
NHL Hockey '94 (1993)
Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer (1994)
PGA European Tour (1994)
PGA Tour 96 (1995)
PGA Tour Golf III (1994)
Rugby World Cup 1995 (1994)
Street Racer (1995)
Triple Play 96 (1995)
Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars (1995)

Mega-CD

Bill Walsh College Football (1993)
Bouncers (1994)
FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition (1994)
Mighty Mighty Missile! (2005)
NHL Hockey '94 (1993)

Magazine articles

Main article: 4 Way Play/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Photo gallery

Front
Back

Physical scans

Mega Drive, US
Cover

Mega Drive, EU
Cover

External links

Moby Games article

References

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[Press_release:_1993-07-21:_4_WAY_PLAY:_EA_SPORTS_FIRST_TO_MARKET_FOUR-PLAYER_ADAPTER_FOR_SEGA_GENESIS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Press release: 1993-07-21: 4 WAY PLAY: EA SPORTS FIRST TO MARKET FOUR-PLAYER ADAPTER FOR SEGA GENESIS

[:File:MegaPower_UK_09.pdf_p68-2] Mega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 68

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-The '''4 Way Play''' is an accessory created by [[Electronic Arts]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It allows for up to four players to play together in certain games. Largely, mostly games designed by EA itself supported it. When first released, [[Sega|Sega's]] official [[Team Player]] multi-player adaptor was not compatible with 4 Way Play games. Later releases fixed this incompatibility issue.
+{{stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an accessory created by [[Electronic Arts]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It allows for up to four players to play together in certain games. Largely, mostly games designed by EA itself supported it. When first released, [[Sega|Sega's]] official [[Team Player]] multi-player adaptor was not compatible with 4 Way Play games. Later releases fixed this incompatibility issue.
 The device itself plugs directly into the system and has no wires sticking out and attaches to the front of the system like an extension. To attach like this it plugs into both controller ports. Due to the way it is plugged into the system it is incompatible with devices such as the [[Sega Multi-Mega]] and [[X'eye]].
-==Compatible Games==
+==Compatibility==
-{{Multicol|
+===Mega Drive===
-*''[[Australian Rugby League]]'' (1994)
+{{AccessoryCompatibilityList|4 Way Play|category=Mega Drive games}}
-*''[[Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Bill Walsh College Football]]'' (1993)
+===Mega-CD===
-*''[[Bill Walsh College Football 95]]'' (1994)
+{{AccessoryCompatibilityList|4 Way Play|category=Mega-CD games}}
-*''[[Coach K College Basketball]]'' (1995)
-*''[[College Football USA 96]]'' (1995)
+==Magazine articles==
-*''[[College Football USA 97]]'' (1996)
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
-*''[[Dino Dini's Soccer]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Elitserien 95]]'' (1994)
+==Promotional material==
-*''[[Elitserien 96]]'' (1995)
+{{gallery
-*''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
+|{{galleryPrintAd
-*''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1993)
+|egm|50|105
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 95]]'' (1994)
+}}
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
+|{{galleryPrintAd
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 97]]'' (1996)
+|gamepro|51|61
-*''[[Gauntlet IV]]'' (1993)
+}}
-*''[[General Chaos]]'' (1994)
-*''[[IMG International Tour Tennis]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Madden NFL '94]]'' (1993)
-*''[[Madden NFL '95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Madden NFL 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
-*''[[Mega Bomberman]]'' (1994)
-*''[[MLBPA Baseball]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Mutant League Hockey]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NBA Live 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NBA Live 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[NBA Live 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[NBA Showdown]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NHL '94]]'' (1993)
-*''[[NHL 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NHL 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[NHL 97 (Mega Drive)|NHL 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[NHL 98]]'' (1997)
-*''[[PGA European Tour]]'' (1994)
-*''[[PGA Tour Golf III]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Rugby World Cup 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Street Racer]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Triple Play 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars]]'' (1995)
-*''[[World Class Leader Board]]'' (1992)
 }}
-==Gallery==
+==Photo gallery==
 <gallery>
 WayPlay MD.jpg|Front
 WayPlay MD Back.jpg|Back
-</gallery>
-==Promotional Material==
-<gallery>
-File:4WayPlay MD US PrintAdvert.jpg|US print advert
 </gallery>
@@ Line 85: / Line 57: @@
 }}
-==External Links==
+==External links==
-*[http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,195/p,16/ Moby Games article]
+* [http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,195/p,16/ Moby Games article]
+==References==
+<references/>
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